Southern California woman accused of ‘Nazi’ support for owning Tesla
“Dear Neighbor, won’t you please consider getting rid of your Tesla vehicle? The message you are sending at this point is, ‘I am a Nazi too,’” was the content of a handwritten note placed inside the mailbox of a Tesla owner and Venice resident, who says she feels offended and violated by the letter.
At least one other Tesla owner on Glyndon Avenue in Venice, where Abby Berman lives and got her letter, received a similar message.
The letter, written by a person identified only as Rebecca, came in an envelope with a fake return address on it.
As it happens, Berman told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that she’s no Elon Musk fan and that she bought her Tesla in 2019 and while it’s paid off, she cannot afford to simply ditch the car entirely and get a new and different vehicle.
“I’m not an Elon fan, I’m not a Trump fan,” Berman explained. “I’m disgusted by the state of the world and what’s going on keeps me up at night, but there are better ways to handle it than sending a very offensive letter. Come talk to me, let’s figure out other ways of dealing with it.”
These upsetting and somewhat ominous letters coincide with protests against Elon Musk, his involvement in the Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE pushing wide-scale cuts to government agencies and programs.
Demonstrators have taken to staging outside one of his most visible companies, Tesla.
Just today, in Culver City, activists were demonstrating outside a Tesla dealership, urging people to boycott the electric vehicle company’s products, though at least one activist who spoke to KTLA said he did not condone intimidation tactics or threats toward Tesla owners.
“I do not think we should be shaming Tesla owners. Most of them who own Teslas bought them before DOGE existed. It’s a very personal choice. If they want to get rid of their cars, that’s up to them,” protester Phil Glosserman said. “I think what we’re really here to do is just raise our voices against what Elon is doing in Washington and the best way to do it is in front of his business. The only way to reach him is through his pocketbook.”
KTLA has reached out to Tesla, asking for its reaction to the anonymous letter sender and the growing discontent with the company’s founder and CEO and is awaiting a response.